Giant Robot Magazine Needs You

Giant Robot Magazine needs your help. Advertising money is hard to come by for a niche magazine that is Asian driven. One of my favorite magazines is hanging on for survival by a few strings. The magazine and newspaper industry is suffering big time and with the dawning of the iPad, things are not going to get any better. Giant Robot Magazine is a wealth of information about Asian culture and at the same time you learn that they share many things in common with us. Giant Robot is as cool as you can get in what is coming out of Asia and how it melts into the big melting pot in North America. When you are at a magazine store take a gander at the magazine and discover new things and you can help a great magazine to yet have legs and astound us with new ideas. Donate or advertise.

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50 Boyfriends Worse Than Yours

Before you head to Hallmark for Vanletine’s Day, you better get a copy of 50 Boyfriends Worse Than Yours. You might be a lucky girl and not have the worst boyfriend in the world or perhaps he is one of them. The affairs of the heart can be messy at best but 50 Boyfriends Worse Than Yours is a romp at times but also a sad testament of complicated relationships. This one sided tripe is void of a 50 Girlfriends Worse Than Yours version. Is there a controversy here?

Tired of watching your man play X-Box all day? Does he cruise match.com when you’re not home? When he takes you back to his place, does his mother answer the door? 50 Boyfriends Worse Than Yours is a hilarious collection of these painfully familiar boyfriends, men we’ve all had the misfortune to meet.

There’s Thrifty, who thinks taking you out to Chuck E Cheese is charming; Goth Guy, who borrows your make-up; Large Pet Owner, who wears his Python around the house. Rounding out the list are The Flaw Corrector, The Comedian (who’s using you for material), One Position Peter (enough said), and Balding and Touchy About It.

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Hanger Tea Party

Tea is quite a unique beverage in many quarters. In North America, the tea party symbolizes a revolution to the old ways of the England and a protest against government. In England it is the symbol of the former colonies and the power welded by the English on the backs of other nations. North America has always been a coffee nation as most of you know. The Hanger Tea concept is a quite clever as gimmicks go. Pretty penny at best but it will be the talk of an tea conversation for the tea lovers in your abode.

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The People vs George Lucas

George Lucas has struck a chord with many people in the world. Be it good or bad, the man has made a few enemies even with his fans. Star Wars has become a personal vision to many and a letdown when the new trilogy was released. Many see George as a merchandising overlord that exploits the Star Wars franchise. Fans are upset because they eat and breathe the mythology. The archetypes of the series as illustrated by Joseph Campbell taps into folklore from many cultures and the universality of Star Wars is one of debate and hate at the same time. George is on trial versus the people for delivering onto the world his vision that people follow religiously. The People vs George Lucas is a documentary exploring the love hate relation between fans and the creator. George himself is a victim of his own success and not moving beyond the fame of Star Wars. George has become the new William Shatner for all basement dwelling sci-fi fans who still didn’t get a life.

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Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share

Besides being the handy man around the house, you have to be the IT guy too at home. With computers making their impact in homes with our daily routines, computer and gadget literacy is a must for today’s tool guy. Be a hero with your kids and polish your geeky knowledge for the geek generation 2.0 and sound cool with the little monsters. Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share will be out in early May, just in time for dad projects before Father’s Day. Ken Denmead the author of the book is based on the Wired site and is enjoying internet fame with his geek parenting site.

GeekDad.com is the parenting blog at Wired.com, edited by Ken Denmead, Matt Blum and Chris Anderson. It is a community of like-minded geeky parents writing about our experiences raising our kids in the digital age, and about our obsessions with technology, family-friendly projects, and pop-culture. The GeekDads podcast is a bi-weekly discussion of anything and everything that impacts us as geeks and parents.

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Sticky Moments Doodling on Paper

I am a constant doodler by profession. I doodle everywhere. Sticky Moments is a site that collects doodles on sticky notes papers. Artistically speaking Post-it notes are quite expensive as a choice of medium to draw on. Sticky moments captures the instant flash inspiration. Doodles are the genesis of greater ideas at the time. See more>>

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The Vampire Squid

The vampire squid is an unusual aquatic creature that inhabits the waters and turns itself “inside out” to avoid predators when threatened. The deep sea cephalopod Vampyroteuthis infernalis meaning “vampire squid from hell” has large eyes to accommodate the dimness of little light where it lives. The alien looking squid is a rare sight to see in action.

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Touch Screen is the Future

Is the mouse on the way out? One would think with the advent of the iPhone, iTouch and now the iPad. The touch screen technology is slowly seeping into our homes. Is this truly the future of computers? Touch screen poses a few problems with the human anatomy, desktop touch screens don’t really work well for humans according to Michael Arrington. The practicality of it might seem logical at the moment, but there might be a health issue in the end for some.

This video examines the benefits and limitations inherent in current mouse-based and window-oriented interfaces, the problems facing other potential solutions, and visualizes my proposal for a completely new way of interacting with desktop computers.

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Thinking Ouside the Box

Daring to think different with the advertising agency: Rethink from Canada. The video selected the best video of the week as bestowed by BestAds.com

The call-for-entries video for the 2010 scholarship was shot on a shoestring budget and uses classic design techniques to illustrate tried-and-true creative tips. The video aims to inspire students and help them get started on their application package— a black sketchbook that applicants fill with their ideas and creative work.

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Philip K. Dick Book Covers

Philip K. Dick is celebrated for “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” the Hollywood version better known as Blade Runner. His books are now the latest in film interpretation with recent classics such as Total Recall, Screamers, Minority Report, Paycheck, and A Scanner Darkly. The Philip K. Dick franchise is not letting down with still more movies to come and a movie based on the author with actor Paul Giamatti. To see the true essence of the author there is over 650 scanned book covers of all his books with different variations and other countries. It’s amazing to see the myriad spin on his stories with unique covers.

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